Sat 24 am

Newman Wetland Center (from around 8 am): didn't see anything too unusual. SUMMER TANAGER and singing PARULA were probably the most interesting.

Lake Blalock: OSPREYS on nest, ORCHARD ORIOLES, 5 GREEN HERONS (at least two of which were juveniles) in the small swamp across the footbridge at r.h. side of parking lot.

Huie: 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK plus a couple of possible MALLARD X AMERICAN BLACK DUCK; there are masses of mallards to search through, but the decent-looking B Duck was quite easy to find Sat swimming round in the middle of the first pond you see as you come through the gate. No shorebirds apart from KILLDEER, as one would expect for the time of year. 1 GREAT EGRET, a couple of GREEN HERONS, BLUE GROSBEAK, heard only FIELD SPARROW.

I also did a very quick (not paying the parking fee) check of L Horton and had GREAT EGRET and a BLACK SWAN (one of the Egrets and the Swan were seen from the public road that goes right from Antioch Rd before entrance to the fee area and crosses an arm of the lake.

Cheers Steve

-- Dr Stephen Barlow, Senior Research Scientist School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0400, USA Phone: 404-385-6053 Fax: 404-894-5909 Email: stephen.barlow@chemistry.gatech.edu

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